Your video tapes hold stories, knowledge, and history, but they’re locked away on fragile formats that are disappearing fast. We help you digitise video so your content is safe, accessible, and ready to use.

We can deliver your video in the formats that matter most. For preservation, we provide lossless JPEG2000 and FFv1, ensuring long-term security and compliance with archival standards. For production workflows, we supply ProRes and IMX, and for everyday access, we create H.264/MP4 files.

DAMsmart is the regional leader in lossless JPEG2000, with hundreds of thousands of compliant files already delivered. It is also the preservation format recommended by the National Archives of Australia, giving you confidence that your collection is safeguarded to the highest standard while remaining usable for production and access today.

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Why it matters

Old formats and players don’t last forever. The longer you wait, the greater the risk of losing irreplaceable content. By digitising now, you:

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Protect your collection against format and equipment obsolescence.

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Make your videos available for research, education, broadcast, and reuse.

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Open up new opportunities for your community through access and engagement, or generate revenue for your organisation through reuse and licensing.

The DAMsmart difference

We don’t just transfer tapes, we preserve your content to the highest professional standards.

Work with our expert team

SAFE HANDS
Your collection is entrusted to a specialist team with decades of experience in audiovisual preservation. Trusted by archives, broadcasters, and cultural institutions, we treat every tape with care and respect for both its technical and cultural value.
TECHNOLOGY
Professional-grade playback and capture systems are precisely maintained and aligned with international audiovisual archiving standards, minimising risk, reducing errors, and ensuring reliable, best-practice digital files across all supported formats.
COLLECTION CONTROL
From intake to delivery, every asset is managed within a controlled workflow. By overseeing each step, we safeguard the integrity of your collection and ensure consistent, high-quality results, no matter the size or condition of the material.
CONSERVATION
Proven processes to handle collections in any condition, from pristine tapes to those affected by mould, damage, or deterioration. Even fragile or at-risk material is carefully stabilised and digitised, protecting valuable content from being lost forever.

Why choose DAMsmart
to digitise video?

For nearly 20 years, organisations across Australia have trusted us, from the
National Archives of Australia to SBS, where our work won industry
recognition.

Here’s what you can expect:

Trusted leader in the region
DAMsmart is the only provider approved by the National Archives of Australia to deliver audiovisual digitisation services for video, film, and audio, and we bring more large-scale project experience than any other service provider in the region.
Standards that fit your needs
Delivery in digital formats such as Lossless JPEG2000 and FFv1 for preservation, ProRes and IMX for production, and H.264/MP4 for access.
All formats covered
Plus expertise in audio and film digitisation and data migration.
Secure handling
Purpose-built facilities in Canberra, Auckland and Kuala Lumpur with professional environmental and security controls.
Capacity for every collection
From a handful of tapes to 100,000.
Exclusively for organisations
Archives, broadcasters, libraries, councils, cultural institutions. We’re not a consumer shop; we focus only on professional outcomes.

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Video formats we can digitise

We handle almost every format, including:

VHS

S-VHS 1-inch C

2-inch

U-matic (Low, High, SP)

Betacam (SP, SX, IMX, DigiBeta)

DVCAM

MiniDV

HDV D2

Video8

Hi8

Digital8

HDCAM

HDCAM SR

XDCAM

And more.

Not sure what you’ve got? Send us a list or a few photos, we’ll identify the formats for you.

Specialist workflows

Every collection is unique. We tailor workflows to meet your requirements:

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Fragile or
damaged tapes

Cleaning, repair, and careful handling.

Indigenous collections

Respectful, culturally sensitive processes.

Artwork handling

Secure workflows for tapes linked to artworks, protecting creative integrity.

Sensitive collections

Processes for projects requiring security clearance and confidentiality.

Large broadcast
archives

Scalable digitisation for thousands of hours of content.

Beyond digitisation

Digitising is just the beginning. DAMsmart helps you protect and use your collection long-term.

Preserve long-term

Protect your digital masters with trusted data preservation services, storage, and fixity checks.

Content
modernisation

Enhance your videos with transcoding, format migration, and enrichment for today’s platforms.

Access

Provide online access so you can view, search, and curate your collection with ease.

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Audio

Film

Consultancy & Project Planning

Let’s work together to make your stories of the past, part of the future.

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One tape or one hundred
thousand, we can help.